Methodological Nuances in Estimating Proportion and Number of Poor for States and India, 2022 23

At the all-India level, for 2022-23, the updated Tendulkar poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 6.4% for rural, 3.1% for urban and 5.3% for combined, while the updated Rangarajan poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 9.3% for rural, 9.5% for urban and 9.4% for combined. [...] At the all- India level, for 2022-23, the updated Tendulkar poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 6.4% for rural, 3.1% for urban and 5.3% for combined, while the updated Rangarajan poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 9.3% for rural, 9.5% for urban and 9.4% for combined. [...] The inflation increase was the highest for rural in Sikkim for Tendulkar PLB and in Lakshadweep for Rangarajan PLB and for urban in Puducherry for both Tendulkar and Rangarajan PLB. [...] If one excludes Delhi and the 14 States with price information for six broad items only then the inflation increase was the least for rural areas in Himachal Pradesh for both Tendulkar and Rangarajan PLB weights and for urban areas in Haryana for Tendulkar PLB and in Punjab for Rangarajan PLB. [...] At the all-India level, for 2022-23, the updated state-specific Tendulkar poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 6.4% for rural, 3.1% for urban and 5.3% for combined, while the updated state-specific Rangarajan poverty lines indicate a poverty incidence of 9.3% for rural, 9.5% for urban and 9.4% for combined.